--- title: SME Project Manager DLA at Xenith Solutions description: Xenith Solutions is hiring for the SME Project Manager DLA role in Philadelphia, PA. Full-time role. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/sme-project-manager-dla-at-xenith-solutions-01a15502-e0ea-74ca-aa28-97bd158b24e0 date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join Xenith Solutions as SME Project Manager DLA in Philadelphia, PA. Pays $115K–$125K per year. Full-time role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/4t0j7q.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | Xenith Solutions | | **Location** | Philadelphia, PA | | **Salary** | $115K/yr - $125K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Oct 19, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A- · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** No H-1B sponsorship on record for Xenith Solutions. - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Xenith Solutions. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $101,000 – $144,000 a year (median $119,000). ## Description Xenith Solutions is seeking a Subject Matter Expert Project Manager to lead support for the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Clothing and Textiles supply chain. This high-priority Key Personnel role oversees strategic planning, process improvement, analytics, JDA-enabled planning, and program execution supporting Warfighter readiness. **Why this role matters** DLA Clothing and Textiles manages a portfolio of more than 50,000 items used to outfit service members, federal agencies, and partner nations. The organization must balance customer demand, industrial-base capacity, inventory, budgets, product transitions, system modernization, and service objectives. This role keeps the contractor team aligned and converts those priorities into well-managed initiatives and measurable results. **What you will do** - Oversee all contractor support across the PWS, including planning, organizing, staffing, directing, integrating, and controlling activities required to meet schedule and performance expectations. - Manage day-to-day operations, administrative activities, risks, assumptions, staffing issues, dependencies, and interpersonal conflicts. - Lead the management decision-making process and remain accountable for the duties and activities required for successful program and project delivery. - Coordinate strategic recommendations, senior-leadership briefings, special analyses, and supply-chain collaboration with DLA Clothing and Textiles stakeholders. - Guide demand-planning modernization, customer-relationship-management strategy, product lifecycle management, workload management, and performance tracking initiatives. - Support strategic inventory management, supply-planning alignment, sales and operations planning, cross-process optimization, systemic improvements, and user enablement. - Maintain project schedules in Microsoft Project and provide clear monthly reporting on work performed, milestones, significant actions, risks, and status. - Direct work involving JDA, EBS, DLA data and analytics environments, and related logistics processes. **Required qualifications** - At least ten (10) years of IT or logistics project/program management experience, including EDI/XML experience and supervisory experience. - Experience with DoD logistics functions such as finance, supply, contract administration, transportation, or project management. - Experience using Microsoft Project. - JDA experience. - An active IT-II clearance or a favorably adjudicated National Agency Check with Local Agency Check, Credit Check, and Written Inquiries (NACLC) at proposal submission. - Ability to obtain and maintain a Common Access Card and satisfy applicable DLA IT-II privileged-access requirements. **Preferred qualifications** - Eight or more years leading supply-chain, analytics, and process-transformation projects across multiple DLA Major Subordinate Commands or DLA Headquarters. - Eight or more years of leadership experience with DLA EBS, JDA, and DLA data and analytic systems. - Five or more years leading DLA Clothing and Textiles strategic initiatives relevant to the PWS. - Five or more years implementing and configuring JDA for DLA organizational clothing, individual equipment, and recruit-planning strategies. - Experience providing senior-leadership oversight of multiple DLA projects of similar scale and complexity. Xenith Solutions LLC is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business founded in 2019. We provide comprehensive, timely and relevant Solutions and Business Consulting support to our customers as a key partner. Our leadership brings over a century of combined experience in Defense and Civilian markets. Our employees possess experience in all aspects of solution development from requirements creation, development, test and evaluation, fielding, and sustainment. At the core of our offerings, we provide strategy and technology solutions, giving our customers valuable insights and thought leadership on the best application of information technology to drive business objectives. Xenith focuses on solving complex business challenges facing our customers. Our “Success Through Achievement” work ethic means our customer receive quality solutions through our commitment. We pride ourselves on tackling some of the most difficult operational requirements our customers have – ensuring an appropriate match between the mission requirements, financials, schedule, and security. EEO Xenith Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. EEO IS THE LAW If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Xenith Solutions. E-Verify As a Federal Contractor, Xenith Solutions is required to participate in the E-Verify Program to confirm eligibility to work in the United States. Affirmative Action Plan As a federal government contractor and based on Executive Orders and applicable laws and regulations, Xenith Solutions develops and maintains annual written Affirmative Action Plans and endeavors to hire and advance qualified minorities, females, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans. ## Skills - Project Management - Decision Making - Credit Analysis - Analytics - Blue Yonder (Jda Software) - Information Technology - Textiles - E-Verify - Work Ethic - Program Management - Performance Management - Analytical Skills - Process Optimization - Planning - Electronic Data Interchange EDI Software - Test and Evaluation - Logistics - Interpersonal Skills - Sustainment - Financial Controls - Privileged Access Management - Customer Relationship Management - Directing - Microsoft Project - Collaboration - Supervisory Skills - Product Lifecycle Management - Contract Management - Supply Chain - Thought Leadership - Agile Product Lifecyle Management PLM - Workload Management - Leadership - Inventory Management - Amazon EBS - Extensible Markup Language (Xml) - Demand Planning - Equities - Sales ## Related - [Management & Leadership jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/management-and-leadership?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Project Management jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/management-and-leadership/project-management?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Project Manager jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/management-and-leadership/project-management/project-manager?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [IT Services and Consulting](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/it-services-and-consulting?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 150239 jobs - [Pennsylvania](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/pennsylvania?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 100297 jobs - [Philadelphia, PA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/pennsylvania/philadelphia?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 12815 jobs ## Related pages - [IT Services and Consulting](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/it-services-and-consulting?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 150239 jobs - [Pennsylvania](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/pennsylvania?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 100297 jobs - [Philadelphia, PA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/pennsylvania/philadelphia?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 12815 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)